A GERMAN PARCEL-ENAMELLED VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY CHARLES COLIN'S SONS (FL. 1837 - AFTER 1870), MARKED, HANAU, CIRCA 1840
Rectangular box, the cover with blue enamelled cloisonné foliage against a sablé ground, surrounded by a geometric foliate pattern border, chased and engraved in three-colour gold and platinum on a sablé ground, the slight baluster sides engine-turned with flutes, the four corners with raised vari-colour gold floral motifs, the base engine-turned with a wavy pattern framed by a geometric wavescroll border, chased in two-colour gold and platinum
2¼ in. (56 mm.) wide
A GERMAN PARCEL-ENAMELLED VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY CHARLES COLIN'S SONS (FL. 1837 - AFTER 1870), MARKED, HANAU, CIRCA 1840
Rectangular box, the cover with blue enamelled cloisonné foliage against a sablé ground, surrounded by a geometric foliate pattern border, chased and engraved in three-colour gold and platinum on a sablé ground, the slight baluster sides engine-turned with flutes, the four corners with raised vari-colour gold floral motifs, the base engine-turned with a wavy pattern framed by a geometric wavescroll border, chased in two-colour gold and platinum
2¼ in. (56 mm.) wide
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